London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

We are almost at the top of a long mountain climb," says cycling fanatic Roger Madelin of Argent, developer of King's Cross. "But that last 150 yards can be the most dangerous." This was the joint chief executive's cryptic answer to the question "is Google coming" to the 67-acre development that has almost reached critical mass, 12 years after Argent was appointed.

Graham Linehan, whose TV successes range from Father Ted and Black Books to The IT Crowd, shows the extent of his comic proficiency with this affectionate yet brightly original adaptation of a classic Ealing comedy dating from 1955.